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June 11, 2020
** Global Attitudes & Trends
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A biweekly digest of the Center's latest findings from its worldwide public opinion surveys and demographic research · Subscribe ↗ ([link removed])
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** What next for the U.S. and the world?
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Thomas Friedman recently opined in The New York Times about "how we broke the world." ([link removed]) While it’s possible to dispute elements of Friedman’s analysis, it’s difficult to dismiss his general thesis. From a viral pandemic to economic recession to social unrest over race and equality, the world does seem to be at a breaking point. Where we go from here is a question on many people’s minds.
As always, Pew Research Center is committed to reporting facts that can improve understanding, facilitate dialogue and support enduring solutions. Our recent work explores how views of the world in the U.S ([link removed]) . and elsewhere may be changing, racial differences in attitudes toward police ([link removed]) and Americans' views on immigrants ([link removed]) and the U.S. economy.
James Bell
Vice President of Global Strategy, Pew Research Center
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** How Americans envision a post-pandemic world order ([link removed])
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Many Americans are anticipating changes in the global balance of power and the importance of international cooperation even as the coronavirus outbreak continues to rage across the United States and around the world, according to three recent Pew Research Center surveys ([link removed]) . Americans are divided in their outlooks, mainly along ideological lines, but are more united on opinions relating to China’s place in the world.
* Coronavirus death toll is heavily concentrated in Democratic congressional districts ([link removed])
* Americans are critical of China’s handling of COVID-19, distrust information about it from Beijing ([link removed])
* Americans’ views on World Health Organization split along partisan lines as Trump calls for U.S. to withdraw ([link removed])
* See all our COVID-19 research ([link removed])
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** A month before George Floyd’s death, black and white Americans differed sharply in confidence in the police ([link removed])
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Just a month before Floyd’s death, a Pew Research Center survey ([link removed]) survey found that 78% of Americans overall – but a far smaller share of black Americans (56%) – said they had at least a fair amount of confidence in police officers to act in the best interests of the public. By contrast, large majorities of white (84%) and Hispanic (74%) adults expressed at least a fair amount of confidence.
* A message from Pew Research Center: Condemning Racism ([link removed])
* 10 things we know about race and policing in the U.S. ([link removed])
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** How Americans and Germans see security issues amid Trump’s plan to reduce troop levels ([link removed])
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The Trump administration is reportedly planning to withdraw 9,500 American troops from Germany by September. The withdrawal would represent a decrease of more than 25% of the roughly 35,000 total American troops based in Germany, where the United States has had a military presence since the end of World War II. Pew Research Center and Körber-Stiftung ([link removed]) have conducted parallel surveys in the U.S. and Germany in recent years to learn more about the way Americans and Germans perceive the relationship between their countries.
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** A majority of Americans say immigrants mostly fill jobs U.S. citizens do not want ([link removed])
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Americans generally agree that immigrants – whether undocumented or living legally in the country – mostly do not work in jobs that U.S. citizens want, with a majority saying so ([link removed]) across racial and ethnic groups and among both political parties.
* With U.S.-Mexico border closed, migrant apprehensions fell by nearly half in April ([link removed])
** In Taiwan and across the region, many support closer economic ties with both U.S. and mainland China ([link removed])
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Politically, Taiwan is often a flashpoint in U.S.-China relations, caught between the two superpowers and pulled in both directions. When it comes to public views of the superpowers ([link removed]) , there is little ambiguity: Adults in Taiwan have much more favorable views of the U.S. than mainland China and, by a wide margin, prefer closer political relations with Washington than Beijing.
** In the news
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Pew poll gives new fodder to U.S. politicians criticizing China over pandemic ([link removed])
Forbes
Americans divided over how U.S. COVID-19 response stacks up ([link removed])
Axios
Pew survey shows immutable political divide in the United States ([link removed])
Straits Times
** Notable global research
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Gambians support a new constitution ([link removed])
International Republican Institute
OECD GDP falls by 1.8% in the first quarter of 2020 ([link removed])
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Unemployment experienced by migrants in the EU ([link removed])
Eurostat
** From our research
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The share of Americans who say China will have less influence in world affairs ([link removed]) after the coronavirus pandemic.
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